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Document 62019TJ0709

Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 30 June 2021.
GW v European Court of Auditors.
Civil service – Officials – Official in a state of total permanent invalidity – Periodic medical examination – Arrangements – Application for the matter to be referred to the Invalidity Committee – Refusal – Article 15 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations – Conclusion No 273/15 of the Committee of Heads of Administration – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials.
Case T-709/19.

ECLI identifier: ECLI:EU:T:2021:389

 Judgment of the General Court (First Chamber) of 30 June 2021 –
GW v Court of Auditors

(Case T‑709/19)

(Civil service – Officials – Official in a state of total permanent invalidity – Periodic medical examination – Arrangements – Application for the matter to be referred to the Invalidity Committee – Refusal – Article 15 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations – Conclusion No 273/15 of the Committee of Heads of Administration – Duty to have regard for the welfare of officials)

1. 

Officials – Invalidity – Initiation of the invalidity procedure – Official’s application seeking the convening of the Invalidity Committee – Consequences

(Staff Regulations, Art. 78 and Annex VIII, Art. 13)

(see para. 80)

2. 

Officials – Social security – Invalidity pension – Possibility for the institution concerned to monitor regularly how the official’s situation is developing – Scope

(Staff Regulations, Annex VIII, Art. 15)

(see paras 81, 82, 87-90)

3. 

Acts of the institutions – Internal directive – Rules indicating the practice to be followed by the Administration – Whether binding on the Administration

(see para. 83)

Re:

Application under Article 270 TFEU seeking annulment of the decision of the Court of Auditors of 22 May 2019 dismissing the applicant’s application to refer the matter to the Invalidity Committee.

Operative part

The Court:

1. 

Annuls the decision of the Court of Auditors of 22 May 2019 dismissing GW’s application to refer the matter to the Invalidity Committee;

2. 

Orders the Court of Auditors to pay the costs.
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